SPEC Kit 359: Library Development (July 2018)
This SPEC Kit gathered information to better understand the supporting structures and resources (personnel, financial, and material) and the activities and expectations associated with library development efforts at ARL member libraries. The survey retained some elements of the 2006 study for longitudinal comparison of the pre-recession environment and the current, post-recession environment, and included new elements to more broadly depict the current role of library development, including friendraising (efforts intended to generate committed and supportive relationships with outside parties and entities), communication to stakeholders of library value added, and stories and/or descriptive measures provided in these communication efforts. The survey also examined the role of advisory boards in the fundraising process. Since many academic libraries are either currently or soon will be engaged in a capital campaign or the renovation of an old or construction of a new library, the survey also examined the complexities of these common endeavors. It includes examples of organization charts, position descriptions, documents on fundraising goal setting and development board and friends governance, gift policies, capital campaign literature, and statements on intellectual freedom, inclusion, and diversity.
Keith, Brian W., Joseph A. Salem, Jr., and Kurt Cumiskey. Library Development. SPEC Kit 359. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, July 2018.
Table of Contents
SPEC Kit 359: Library Development (July 2018)
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SPEC Kit 359 Library Development (July 2018)
I1
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Library Development frontmatter
II2
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Survey Results
18
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Representative Documents
6774
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Organization Charts
6875
- University of Delaware Library 6976
- University of Florida 7077
- University of Iowa Libraries 7178
- University of Kentucky Libraries 7279
- Louisiana State University Libraries 7380
- University of Louisville Libraries 7481
- North Carolina State University Libraries 7582
- Pennsylvania State University Libraries 7683
- University of Texas at Austin Libraries 7784
- University of Washington Libraries 7986
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Position Descriptions
8188
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Goal Setting
99106
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Development Boards & “Friends”
107114
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Gifts and Donations Policies
125132
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Capital Campaigns
133140
- Iowa State University Foundation 134141
- Johns Hopkins University Libraries 142149
- University of New Mexico Foundation, Inc. 144151
- North Carolina State University 147154
- Pennsylvania State University Development 150157
- Temple University Libraries 154161
- Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries 159166
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Statements on Intellectual Freedom, Inclusion and Diversity
162169
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Organization Charts
6875
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Selected Resources
169176

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SPEC Kit 359: Library Development (July 2018)